Latch for doors of kitchen-cabinets, &amp;c.



C. MAHONEYT LATCH FOR DOORS OF KITCHEN CABINETS, &c. APPLICATION FILED 1156.26. 1916.

1,243,325, Patented 001;. 16, 11117.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE MALHNEY, 0F ELWOOD, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO G. I. 'SELLERS & SONS l l:UOIYIEAITY, 0F ELWOOIL RQ'DIANA, A CGRPORATION OF INDIANA.

LATCH FOB `DOOBS OF KI`TCHEN-QABINETS, doo.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE MAHONEY, a citizen of the United States, residin Elwood, in the county of Madison and tate of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulV kitchen-cabinets and the like, wherein cheapness and facility of manufacture, aswell as sim licity, durability, and eiiiciency, is desira le. l

The objects of the invention are to pr duce a latch having the advantages mentioned; and the invention consists in features of construction and combinations of` Vparts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim. Y

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of a fragmentary part of a kitchen-cabinet compartment-door and the adjacent jamb, such being'shown in conjunction with a latch vention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the latch typifying my indetail, the latch-member being shown ele'- vated;

Fig. 3 is a-plan view of the blank from which'thel housing is made;

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the improved latch;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank forming.

the rear wall of the housing. 1

Fig. 6 is a detail in elevation of a form of catch that may be employed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawing.

The entire latch, and catch too, if desired,

` is produced from suitable gage sheet-metal.

In accomplishing this, I4 employ an oblong blank 1, notching the four corners to produce opposite foldable longitudinal sidev wings 2, and correspondingly located fold able end-wings 3, the latter having central attaching-ears 4. The described blank being folded on the dotted lines shown, produces the front, opposite side, and opposite end-walls of the rectangular housing 1. The lower central portion of the blank, immediately above the lower transverse or end-wing 4 ,is provided with an oblong longitudinally Speoication of .Letters llatent. Appuuuon ma December as,` isis; "semina massa c Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

disposed opening 6, and one of the sidefits edge'iiotched vor recessed, as jat 7, for the.` purpose ofhforming lin the folded blank and housing the opening 7 iThe rear wall'of the housing is produced l.from an oblong blank 8, the same corresponding in proportion and contour to the housingvv l, and at its opposite transverse lends provided with attaching-ears 9". The

"register, as also do the perforations therein,

and they may be swaged together, as indi cated at 5. Upon a stud 12, (shown in .dotted lines Figs. 1 and 3,) is, in the present instance, pivoted one end of a latch-member l1,- the outer free and engaging-end of which projects laterally through the opening 7 of the housing and a suliicient distance therebeyond to effect an engagement with the catch-member 21, secured to the 'amb 22, -formin a part of the frame o the door-23.4 ther arrangements for connect- =ing 'the' latch-member 'within the vhousing will -readily suggest themselves.

The'lift-meinber for operating the latch, like the latter, is stamped from a strip of sheet-metal, andfcomprise's an oblong shank 14, andan outwardly and downwardly disposed liftslug or extension 15. This liftmeinberis'mounted for vertical movement between the front and rear walls of the completed housing, the lift-lug of the member extending forwardly through the opening 6a thereof, and therefore in a position where it may be readily operated by the finger. At its upper end, the lift-member is preferably formed with a rearwardly bent lug 16,` for removable engagement with a corresponding opening 13, formed in the latch-member l1.

'The lift-member is of approximately the same width as the elongated opening 6 of the housing, so that the lower bent portion, 15, of said member passing through and lbeyond said opening` the vertical edges of the latter being parallel, as stated, will act because of the fact that the lift-member is l Fig. 6. In forming this catch-member I employ simply a strip of sheet-metal of suitable length, bending the same transversely at its middle, as at 18, sol that the two terminals lie in close' relation and the one reinforces the other.. Ata suitable distance at one side of the bend 18, the terminals are bent acutely, as at 20, thus forming the head 19 of the catch, and in rear of the same the shank. This shank is made of suitable length, and at a point short of its end, the terminals are diverged in opposite directionsand at right angles to the shank, and perforated to receive screws, thus forming attaching-ends 17 The device is formed of sheet-metal, all parts being readily stamped to shape and readily and cheaply assembled and secured together and in position. For the smaller parts, such as the latch-member, lift,-and catch-el'nber, small pieces of sheet-metal may be employed. The device, it .will be seen, is devoid of springsg, and, operating entirely by gravity, cannot' become impaired from constant use, and will remain in ellicient operative condition for an indefinite time.

Having described my invention, what I' claim, is: A

The hereindcseribed latch, formed of sheet-metal, and consisting of a rectangular housing having an opening at one side and -a rectangular' opening vin its front Wall at the lower end thereof, a'lateh-bar pivoted at its inner end within the housing and having its free end extending through the` opening in the side of the housing and beyond the same and adapted to engage a Catch, and an angularly shaped lifting-y member, the lower portion of which is forwardly disposed and extends through and.

beyond the rectangular opening in the front wall of the housing where it is shaped to .form a lift, the said lifting-member approximating .in width that of the opening through which it passes, whereby the-opposite edges of the opening form vertical guides for the reciprocating movements of the member, and means foi-loosely connecting the upper end of the lifting-member with the latch-bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE MAHONEY.

Witnesses ISABEL MAGUIRE, ERNEST DANIELS.

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